Wrist injury rules Jonny Bairstow out of Champions League T20 – Cricket News Update
A wrist injury sustained during the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 this month, in which he was due to play for Yorkshire.
Dan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sussex-c852), he has expressed his excitement at having been granted the opportunity.
“I can't think of a better way to start my Twenty20 career than playing in the Champions League,” said Hodgson while speaking to the Telegraph and Argus. “I always thought there might be a chance I'd get a game with Jonny being on England duty, but it does feel a bit surreal now it's happened.”
In addition to Bairstow, Yorkshire will also be without http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), prior to the Poms’ upcoming tour of India starting in December this year, which includes an all-important Test series.
Yorkshire have been placed in the Qualifying Tournament Pool 2 for the CLT20, alongside Sri Lanka Premier League winners Uva Next, and Trinidad & Tobago from the Caribbean. The qualifying stage is scheduled to be played from October 9 to 11, after which the actual tournament will kick off on the 13th, with the final due to be played on October 28.
Meanwhile, Bairstow will be seeking specialist treatment after having sustained a torn cartilage in his right wrist during the ongoing World T20. The tournament saw defending champions England crashing out after suffering a series of devastating defeats – a massive 90-run drubbing at the hands of India, a 15-run defeat at the hands of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, which saw them on their way home.
The defeats were characterised by the Poms’ inability to handle spin well – a weakness which Bairstow suffered from in particular. The 23-year-old found himself unable to tackle spin bowlers or adjust to sub-continental conditions, and registered a string of disappointing performances in the World T20 – he fell at 1 against India in the face of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540.
The tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806, in whose place Bairstow was roped in as a replacement, could dent the young right-hander’s chances.
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